Sunday, May 6, 2012

This year I am the Conference Chair for the SCWW Conference.
For those of you who don’t know, the SCWW Conference has a national reputation
for excellence. It features a faculty of about 20 well-placed agents, editors,
and authors from NYC and around the country. I’d like to invite you to take
part and enhance your writing and marketing skills.

Friday sessions are three-hour intensives, an add-on to
regular conference registration. Also on Friday, premium critique appointments
are scheduled. This year Intensive topics include social networking, self
publishing vs. traditional, breaking into the world of publishing, book
pregnant – now you have a book deal, what do you do next? Some of these
seminars will be led by SCWW’s own: Mike Long, JM Kelly, Fred Fields, Carrie
McCullough, Hope Clark, Maureen Sherbondy, Brenda Remmes, to name a few.

On Saturday, the day is filled with 45-minute sessions lead
by faculty members; in addition, purchased Real Time Query and Pitch
appointments are scheduled. A general SCWW membership meeting will be held
during the lunch break. Saturday evening there is a booking-signing event
during cocktail hour. At dinner, this year’s keynote speaker is PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY, NYT BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR.

Each evening every dinner table is hosted by at least one
member of the faculty; this is a great networking opportunity -- not to mention
the cocktail hour on Friday and Saturday evenings. The atmosphere is relaxed
and friendly, and the faculty is approachable and receptive.

Sunday’s sessions end at noon. The Silent Auction (a lot of
people do their holiday shopping here!) ends about 10:00.

Last year, the SCWW Conference was rated as the #1 in the
country by at least one independent web search. Come see what the buzz is
about. Registration opens June 1 at www.myscww.org.
Take advantage of the Early-Bird registration rates, and make your room
reservations by September 1 to insure a SCWW special room rate from the Hilton
and help SCWW fill it’s room-block requirement for free meeting space.

CONTACT US

For more information about the Columbia II Writers' Workshop, a chapter of the South Carolina Writers Association, contact Ginny Padgett at ginnypadgett@att.net.

CALENDAR

Workshop - Monday, December 18 at 5:30

Workshop - TUESDAY, January 2 at 5:30

Workshop - Monday, January 15 at 5:30

WHO WE ARE

We are a diverse group of people who work in diverse genres. Our group embraces all levels of writers. We're a chapter of South Carolina Writers Association (www.myscwa.org) and comply with the organization's by-laws. We are grateful to Turning Pages, Greater Columbia Literacy Councilfor providing us meeting space.

HOW WE WORKSHOP

Bring about 12 copies of the work you want critiqued -- stories, poems, nonfiction (or come just to listen and critique).

Keep prose to 6 pages double-spaced,12 pt. type; up to 2 poems.

Read your work out loud.

Listen silently while members of the group make comments, ask questions, offer critique, mark up copies of your work.

After everyone's critique, you can answer the questions and ask some of your own.

Everyone hands you back their marked up copies.

It's up to you to decide which, if any, suggestions or revisions you adopt.

Visitors are welcome. Just show up and find an empty seat.

We ask that on your first visit you not read, but you are invited to fully participate in e very other way.

JOIN US

We meet in the offices ofGreater Columbia Literacy Councilin the lower level of